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Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?
Paul Cornell
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Description for Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?
Paperback. Series: Shadow Police. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FK; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 266.
The ghost of Sherlock Holmes is dead, but who will solve his murder? The Great Detective's ghost has walked London's streets for an age, given shape by people's memories. Now someone's put a ceremonial dagger through his chest. But what's the motive? And who - or what - could kill a ghost? When policing London's supernatural underworld, eliminating the impossible is not an option. DI James Quill and his detectives have learnt this the hard way. Gifted with the Sight, they'll pursue a criminal genius - who'll lure them into a Sherlockian maze of clues and evidence. The team also have their own demons to fight. They've been to Hell and back (literally) but now the unit is falling apart . . . Paul Cornell's Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? is the third book in the urban gothic Shadow Police series.
Product Details
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Shadow Police
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447273264
SKU
V9781447273264
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99-2
About Paul Cornell
Paul Cornell has written some of Doctor Who's best-loved episodes for the BBC, as well as an episode of the hit Sherlock Holmes drama, Elementary. He has also written on a number of comic book series for Marvel and DC, including X-Men and Batman and Robin. He has been Hugo Award-nominated for his work in TV, comics and prose, and won the BSFA award for his short fiction. Paul has written two previous Shadow Police novels, London Falling and The Severed Streets.
Reviews for Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?
The team's continued struggle to understand the dark and terrifying side of London is gripping. This book is a strong follow-up, a good standalone story, and an excellent read for fans of dark urban fantasy
Publishers Weekly on Severed Streets (Book Two)
Pacy, smart and revels in London mythology. It's especially clever in that our heroes don't stop being coppers just because they now realize there are more things in heaven and earth (and elsewhere) than dreamt of in our philosophies. London Falling might not be on the Booker longlist, but crikey it's good fun
Scotland on Sunday on London Falling (Book One)
Realistic banter, original twists; a nifty debut
Daily Telegraph on London Falling (Book One)
Paul Cornell's London Falling is a much grittier vision of a gothic, fantasy London, well balanced between its depiction of the city's criminal underworld and a horrifying fantasy reality that for most of the novel lurks just at the edges of sight. Its take on the crime genre is less The Bill, more The Sweeney
Guardian on London Falling (Book One)
I think it is absolutely magnificent. I loved it . . . I'm not sure I've been that gripped by a novel in... well, decades
Russell T. Davies on London Falling (Book One)
An irresistible blend of guns, gangsters, cops and monsters that grabs you by the eyeballs and never lets go. Start this book early in the day people, because you ain't going to get no sleep until it's done
Ben Aaronovitch on London Falling (Book One)
The Shadow Police series is the quintessential British contemporary fantasy, full of grit and magic and wonderful things. Paul Cornell is a national treasure
Adam Christopher
More dazzling work from a master of every medium he tackles
Rob Doherty, Executive Producer of Elementary
There are very few people who should be allowed anywhere near those sacred words Sherlock Holmes , and Paul Cornell is one of the best
Steven Moffat
Publishers Weekly on Severed Streets (Book Two)
Pacy, smart and revels in London mythology. It's especially clever in that our heroes don't stop being coppers just because they now realize there are more things in heaven and earth (and elsewhere) than dreamt of in our philosophies. London Falling might not be on the Booker longlist, but crikey it's good fun
Scotland on Sunday on London Falling (Book One)
Realistic banter, original twists; a nifty debut
Daily Telegraph on London Falling (Book One)
Paul Cornell's London Falling is a much grittier vision of a gothic, fantasy London, well balanced between its depiction of the city's criminal underworld and a horrifying fantasy reality that for most of the novel lurks just at the edges of sight. Its take on the crime genre is less The Bill, more The Sweeney
Guardian on London Falling (Book One)
I think it is absolutely magnificent. I loved it . . . I'm not sure I've been that gripped by a novel in... well, decades
Russell T. Davies on London Falling (Book One)
An irresistible blend of guns, gangsters, cops and monsters that grabs you by the eyeballs and never lets go. Start this book early in the day people, because you ain't going to get no sleep until it's done
Ben Aaronovitch on London Falling (Book One)
The Shadow Police series is the quintessential British contemporary fantasy, full of grit and magic and wonderful things. Paul Cornell is a national treasure
Adam Christopher
More dazzling work from a master of every medium he tackles
Rob Doherty, Executive Producer of Elementary
There are very few people who should be allowed anywhere near those sacred words Sherlock Holmes , and Paul Cornell is one of the best
Steven Moffat